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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26
KiN6 OF THE BEGGARS.
History Of the Once Famous Ramp
fylde Moore Carew.

A rare old volume to be found in
few English libraries contains the
history of the once famous Bamp-
fylde Moore Carew, known in En-
gland. during the reign of George
I, as the King of the Beggars.
Carew belonged to one of the
oldest and most honorable families
i'm England. His father was cler-
gyman and his grandfather was an
earl. He passed through Eton with
distinction and entered Oxford.
In his twentieth year he left col
lege and joined a gang of gypsies,
with whom he remained until his
death, forty years later. The en-
treaties of his family and the ridi-
culc of his friends had no effect
upon him. At his fathers death
he inherited a large estate, which
he refused to claim, continuing to
live in tents, wandering through
Europe, often in dire want and
squalor.
Carew, it is said, was a man OF
great ability and of winning man
ners hence, when he came in con-
tact with the men of his own class
they acknowledged him as still
their equal. His cousin, Lord Sc
ton, once laid a wager with him
that he could not deceive him as q
beggar. Carew approached him an
hour later as decrepit old soldier
and received a pound, and the next
day as a widow with a babe in he'
arms, induced him to give hin
three guineas.
He undertook a voyage to thi:
country, 'to see what could bt
made out Of the QuGkers, and
made a begging tour of New En-
gland, the Dutch in New York ano
the Cavaliers in Virginia.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

The largest mining deal made re-
Gently was the purchase of a group
of twenty-one claims in the Min
eral Hill district in Madison county,
Montana, by Ex-Governor s. T.
Hauser and A. NJ. Hotter, Of Hell
ena, United States Senators Plumb,
Allison. Farewell, Cameron and
Vest, Seligman Bros, John G. Knox
and Clark, Dodge & Co., of New
York, C.. b. Wright, Jr., of Phila-
delphia, and a number Of others.
The total amount Of the purchase
price was 100000, but is not SO
much the cost of the claims as their
extent and character which makes
it a notable transaction. The prop
erty is one of the mammoth min
ing propositions of the world. The
lead extends at least 10000 feet up
the mountain, and is in places 100
feet wide. A conservative experts
report said that 20,OOO,OOO tons Of
ore could be exposed by one tunnel.
The ore is mostly base gold-bearing,
though the surface has long been
worked for free milling purposes.
Below water level it is largely OH
iron pyrites. The ore assays from
$25 upwards, SO far as exposed. 1t
is proposed to erect an immense
concentrator on the ground and
ship the concentrates TO some con-
venient smelter. 1t is calculated
that no ordinary plant could pos
sibly exhaust the ore body during
the life Of any person now living.
The proposition has been under
consideration months past, and the
property has been most carefully
examined by the best experts in
the country. Their reports are said
to be sufficient to sell the property
for a million dollars without an
other blow being struck upon it.
The sale involves the immediate
erection of large plant, that be-
ing included in the estimates for
subscription to the purchase price.
It will also lead to the construction
of a railroad from the mines to the
Northern Pacific by the mining
company or by the company already
incorporated for the purpose. In
ultimate prospects, this is, perhaps,
the largest mining deal ever con-
summated in Montana.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26
WElI.SAAPED WOMEN.


Here 10 an interesting extract
from an article in the New York
Mercury:
Art should always be based on
nature, and no art is true which
does not take nature for its model.
A perfect, symmetrical, healthy
woman Of five feet five inches ia
hight must comply with the follow
ing standard She should be l3S
pounds at the least, and could stand
up to ten pounds more without in
jury to health or artistic perfection.
The distance between the tips Of
her two middle fingers when the
arms are extended should be ex-
actly the same as her hight or ten
times the length of her hand, or
seven and half times the length
of her foot, or five times the diam
eter of her chest from one armpit
to the other. The distance from the
junction of thighs to the ground
should be the same as from the for
mer point To the top of the head.
The knee should be exactly mid
way from the junction of the thighs
to the bottom of the heel.
The distance from the elbow to
the tip of the middle finger should
be the same az from the elbow to
the middle line of the chest. From
the top of the head to the chin, with
the head posed naturally, should
be the same as from the level Of the
chin to the armpits. or from the
heel to the tip Of the toe. The bust
Of woman Of the hight named
should be forty-three inches meas
urement over the arms, and the
waist twcnty-four.
The upper part of the arm should
be from thirteen and half to four
teen inches, and the wrist six inches.
The ankle should be six inches, tho
calf of the leg fourteen and the
thigh twenty-five. Any woman of
the hight mentioned who has these
measurements can congratulate her
self on having as perfect a form as
the Creator ever made. Of course
the proportions vary with the hight.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26
DUTY on the Presidents Wine.

Two cases of high-pressure
sparkling champagne, one intended
for President Cleveland and the
other for Secretary Of State Bayard,
arrived at this port on Monday on
the steamer Lord Cough. Colonel
G. q. Fisher, an ex-United States
consul, had the wine i'm charge. The
champagne being intended for the
highest dignitaries in the country:
the ex-counsel presumed that they
would be admitted free of duty.
Surveyor Campbell examined his
law books. He could not find
any clause which would allow the
wine to come ashore without the
usual tariff tax, so the president
and the secretary will be compelled
to wait a couple of days for their
mellow gift.-Philadelphia Record.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

1t is especially healthful. Dur
ing winter months a steady, aver
age temperature of 10 degrees Fab
renheit obtains, with strong north
erly breezes that sweep the old
Dutch streets clean, and there are
no epidemic diseases: Nights are
cool and quiet, and if there were a
decent hotel in the island there is
not a winter resort i'll the world
where invalids could be more COM
Portable or have a better chance to
improve. Equality of temperature,
dryness of soil, and absence Of dis
sipation fit Curacao admirably for
consumptives, especially those to
whom economy is a desideratum.-
DIR. w. F. Hutchison in American
Magazine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26
!. S''AA|AG CLASSES ATTENTION!

Z snpio. prepared to furnish all classes
S,s,0r t'y,ihnent toy, at home. the whole OF the
=, lsht IN .nslr spare moments. Business
!. s,5ly nl NV profitable. Persons Of either
ss'ag ana esih from so cents to $500 per
,.l thei, :. d proportional sum by dcvot-
:, Earn ra't, sane 10 the business. Bows and
,se M ,b;sally as much as men. That all
as may send their address. and
s.ss sre sr-,ness. n. We make this offer. TO
. E''glaf,o nOt We'll satisfied we will send
fiSrticnlIp pay ior the trouble of writing,
Val rSslars and outfit free Address
"sos & Co, Portland, Maine.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

the major, after long pause, "that
you inquired about my accident.
| should much rather relate it my
self than have some INSCRIPTIONS
person give you a garbled account.
People are so prone to exaggerate
about others misfOrtunes, and you
might have heard some utterly i'm
probable tale which would have
shaken your faith in human verac'
;tvD
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

The other day saw boy give q
banana skin 10 q horse which helps
street cars up the incline from Corn
hill to State street on Washington.
It was eaten with evident relish,
and it struck me that / had rarely
seen q happier use of q very dan
gerous article. Kind-hearted peo-
pie should make q note Of this for
the benefit Of draught horses which
stand on the sides Of our streets.-
Boston Post.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

The KEYSTONE has long been acknowt-
edged u be ti.e sole representative OF tho
Great Upper Wood River aud S.wtooth
mining rcxiona. and, located as IL II In the
very heart Of the most promising mining
country on the face Of the earth. and lesv-
ing nothing undone to present its readers :
complete synopsis of all mining news and
developments. as well as matters VI local
importance in the growth of Ketchuln. the
future metropolis of Idaho, il is All invalus-
BILE guide for capital and informant to the
settler of every craft and position. Sub
scribe for it, read it. and let your friends
read what may benefit them
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

An Irishman seeing an under
taker carrying . very small coffin,
exclaimed in the utmost surprise,
"By the saint O. Sligo is it possi-
ble that that coffin can be intended
for any livin' creature3"
It won't be long before the ma.
tional air will be yankee Doodle.
The turkeys are said to be organ
ising for cranberry trust.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

A young woman applied for char
ity in Austin not long since with q
paper containing the following:
"This unfortunate woman 10 the
only daughter Of an old and child
less father, and she supports sevssal
young brothers BY her work"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-11-26

16e measles will b . fashiounb0o
disease this winter. The Rripco g
Wales dau9ht(ts hare had Il
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
HtSEB.fLL IEILS.
How the Enthusiasts In League Cltie
Express Their Feelings.

A Chicago 7ribune reporter, who
has been travelling with Anson's team,
says: at Is curious to note The differ.
ence In the way baseball crowds In
the League cities express their delight
or displeasurc. In Chicago cracking
good play is greeted with chorus Of
prolonged whoops, clear cut, pene-
traiing, like the note of a high pitched,
but not shrill, steam engine. II Is not
unmusical. A poor play, like an ox
pcnsive error, Is met by an explosive
% = as If of pain; and n palpably un-
just decision of the umpire by com.
bination of Kisses, cries of % o +
prolonged, while u volley Of what 2
is fired at the umpire from all parts Of
the ground.
In Philadelphia the good plays of
the home team are recognized bv u
deafening chorus of "1lcy, hey r' with
here and there u shrill yell; poor plays
and unsatisfactory decisions by hoois,
100. co." aud groans. In New York
pleasure and satisfaction are expressed
ny yCiinG llC III u tlcuT util lDut
and accompanying this with vigorous
stamping and pounding with umbrellas
and canes. Displeasure is manifested
by cries Of Murder - and short, sharp
yells of "Ol or while dissusted
Avs" stream up from all over the
audience.
In Boston the applause l. n comblna.
tion Of college yells, in which the cx.
plosivc "Rah, rah, rah' predomiuates,
with an accompaniment of staccitU
"Hi-yi-yi-yis," strung together like
several yards Of link sausage, and a
vigorous clipping of hands, Nowhere
In the East has there been met any one
IN a crowd who can hogin 10 vel, like
that chap In the smokers section in
Chicago His ltouinc roar of 20 90
after every body else is through, is p, Gu
liar 10 the GARDEN City.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
THE LONDON NEWSPAPERS.
Their Circulation, Income and Advor-
tising Patronage.

In recent letter to the World, Mr. Craw-
ford gives good deal OF Information con-
cerning the London newspapers, OF which
all the prominent ones he says to begin
with are loaded down with advertisements.
They are mostly clumsy blanket sheets, and
what space is not given to advertisements
is devoted to editorials, not much attention
being given to the news.
The Daily Telcndph, the Daily Ncps and
the Ddiiy Standard are eight-paGe news
papers, with eight columns on each page.
This mornings Telegraph, which is a fair
average edition, has thlrty.seven OF Its sixty
four columns given up to advertisements;
six more of its columns are devoted to the
money market and shipping Intelligence;
three columns to Parliament; four and &.
half columns to editorial articles OF the reg.
ulatlon length, leaving less than fourteen
columns for news. The Times is a six col
umn paper, but 1t prints so many supple
ments that 1t publishes ns rule more mat
ter than any other one OF the London morn
ing papers.
The paper having the largest income In
London Is the Daily Telegraph, its income
re .chlng 81 100000 per annum. Its average
circulation is 600, mostly In the city.
luc IiWtS, NJ eIA CeulS, is tuc HlBucSL-
priced daily In the world, and has circula-
lion OF less than G0,O00. 1t has more adver.
tisiBg than any Of Its contemporaries, but Its
income does not exceed S150,0O
The Standard has circulation IN the
neiehborhood Of 200, 600, and its income is
about S750,0O0. The circulation OF the
DdRy Nems is placed at 100, 600, and Its In
come at 100000. These are the most
profitable papers in London.
The Chronicle, which is later newspaper
In point of establishment, is published by
the owner Of HOyds Weekly. Lloyds
Weekly clears for It's owner from $500, 900 to
:350OO0 year, and II is estimated that the
Chronicle brings his income up to about
100000. The Graphic and the illustrated
London Nelrs are very prosperous news
papers. They bring IN to their publishers
a net income OF 100000 year.
The Morning Post, which is very rich, hav-
Ing an annual Income of about s5OO,00O,
prints no special news and Is made up en-
tirely OF the routine press dispatches, the
paragraphs from Court Circular and social
paragraphs. These latter paragraphs are
paid for where o person IS not OF sufficient
promint nee to secure free notice. The
rate is 70 guipeas per column for this
class of matter.
The evening newspapers are not go pros
porous as the morning papers. The Gtob.
has the largest Income, which Is estimated
at $3.50 coo.
1t is q remarkable fact that In this rich
led where prosperity follows almost every
form OF newspaper publication, there
should be less enterprise in news collecting
than in any one of the minor cities in the
United States. Few Of the morning papers
receive dispatches after II o'clock at night,
and it is very rare that they make special ef'
forts to get news outside OF their regular
routine sogrcCs.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
The aliIitnry Encnmpment.

The encampment of the Maryland Ma.
tional Guard, August 9 to s, at IIagers-
town, promises to be an event In the local
history Of the Guard and elaborate prepara-
rations are being made to render the Ilrst
encampment great success. Fully 1000
men are expected to be In camp from all
portiors OF the State. Regimental aud
brigade drills and inspection, guard mount,
dress parade and other beautiful and i'm
pressive military ceremonies and scenes OF
camp life will be portrayed each day, and
during the eveninga grand outdoor concert
will be given by the military band
The Baltimore and Ohio II. r., in persu-
aDce Of lis usual liberal custom, will sell
excursion tickets to Ilagerstown from all
points in Maryland, from Washington city
and from Hurpsr's Ferry, Winchester aud
intermediate stations at single fare for the
round tiip. These tickets will be sold from
August . to S, good to return until the 9th
inclusive
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
The Parks,
washington circle Is At TwC

washington Circle Is at Twenty third street,
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania avenues,
and containing an equestrian statue OF
McIiCrsun square "a at Vermont avenue, l.,
X and Fittucuth streets, containing an
equestrian statue of General Mcpherson,
Farragut square at Cunnugucut avenue, I, X
and seventeenth streets, containing a statue
OF Admiral tarragut.
Dupont Circle at New HAMPSHIRE Conneutl-
cut and Massachusetts avenues uui Sine.
tcCnth street, holding the statue OF Admiral
dupont. This circle Is In the heart OF the
most ari,iocrutic part of the city
Scott Circle, at Rhode Island and Massanlu
sCtts avenues and sixteenth street. contain
iur un equestrian statue oiGeueral Winfield
Scott
mont and Massachusetts avenues ana NJ
and Fourteenth streets, An equestrian
statue OF General George II Thomas AlurN-
this the smallest ui the CIRCLE,
Lilac Park, Ut l. and Tw,lf.H .trurts and Ma
saclu.vUs avenue, aut ~yrN-h NHJN A
Tenth and land Massachusetts I'nNIur lF.
two uluuEIr- beautifully Kept NII note
tur their Iruu,,uu nl the surUb- ir"m NHt|
they get thu.g name,
Mount Vernon Place Includes New r, HH.
MuSsuulusttt, avenue. and Is 7.UnHi ."-
twuu seventh and NMfh -tTHufs, A WI-
uiNycul fountain Iu the centre greatly yAIa#
this beautiful. park
Iowa Circle q. ut Vermont and Noto I+land
avenue, T. and lhrtuuuiu -.rr"'-. v"Nrga.
Grants house is ou tIt southwest ,0Ir.
Franklin Square. between Wl * uTl I'ur
tucuih and Fourteenth streets, q, iht m.,l
auisticoliy designed and beautiful nt 1911 lNr
smaller reservations 10 contains nItHF4
mound, supposed ~ bo am Indian burial
place, and u spring of delicious water,
which supplies several hAuTnlS
Rawlius' Square Is uf the intersection OF
New York avenue and T. street, west ot Che
White House. The Etwlin- statue has
been removed TO the south side of leunsy.'
Nuniu avenue, south OF Ninth street,
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
"SIvEIT by THE FAIRTES.~
How 1t Is Done and Where the
Fairies Get Their Brooms.

fuiries tet 1htlr BrOOms.
Once upon time THE Critic, speaking
Of the condition Of the streets Of the city 10
1850, made use OF the following expression:
"They had the appearance Of having been
spri killed. with pearly dews and daintily
swep by fairies" Passing down b street
northwest, between Fourteenth and FIJI
teenth streets, recently, "Redwood," who
usually has an eye open to anything un-
usual, came upon the junior and active
members Of the firm, VIZ: the fairies, whose
nocturnal parades contribute so largely to
the city's neatuess. A huge bonfire in the
middle OF the street was the attraction this
time, and proved to be caused by the burn
ing OF the stumps Of birch twigs with which
the sweeping Of the streets is done.
The city streets are swept by contract
and the work is performed at night, the
workmcn beginning at 10 o'clo ok, p. IN.
and continuing their labors until day
break or later.
The Avenue, as It is called, and there is
hut ore avenue to the true Washingtonian,
iwtpt each night. Several Of the prin-
cpl thoroughfares are swept every alte.-
ma night, and many others either once or
twice per week. The street sweeper Is a
cumbersome vehicle, drawn by four horses,
the important part Of which Is q cylin-
drical revolving broom, set between the
wheels at m angle Of forty.fve degrees to
the line Of travel and so attached to the
axle Of the carriage by cog wheels and
gearing that 1t is constantly turned by the
forward motion Of the carriage. The
''brushn Is formed Of birch twigs, arranged
In punches, about as large as can be grasped
In the hand, each bunch being firmly
clamped In an iron frame. -Four of these
frames, forming sort of bar, extend from
the left hand front wheel to the right hand
rear one.
The brushes are procured from the
vicinity OF Fredericksburg Va, and cost five
cents per bunch. SO many are needed for
one brush that the cost is frequently $12
or $l3. They have to be replaced at the cx-
piration OF four or i've nights Of service,
and often five or six inches will be worn
off ia one nights work. When in service
they sweep a sw, tn OF n, arly six feet in
width leaving the dirt In windrsws at the
left hand side, the next sweeper overlap
ping the row OF the first and the third one
that Of the second. When the sidewalk or
curbstone is reached the dirt is swept into
email heaps, shovtled Into carts and carried
away.
The carriages are large and heavy, being
nearly thirteen feet long, with a front axle
six feet and q rear axle about nine feet long,
and It was the sight OF these vehicles and a
bonfire Of blazing twigs In the middle of
street that led to these reflections on 1.-THE
sweep of the fairies" REDWOOD.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02

GEN. JAMES LoNGsrREET ventures In the
wars iu which General Lopgstreet has taken
part. General LoDgstreet is charming 10
conversation, though he is very deaf. Mrs,
Longstreet is vivacious little lady, aud, OF
course, quite proud OF the General. Her
maiden name was Maria Louise Garland,
and her parents lived In Virginia.
General and Mrs. LoDgstreet have five
cbildren--four sons aud daughter. Tue
Oldest son, Major John Longstrcet. was In
the war at Is aud is now 81 years old. The
other sons are Robert Lee, born in Peters
burg In 1868; James, born ln Lynchburg In
1896, and Fitz Randolph, born in Lynch
burg iD lsG9. The daughter, Miss Maria
Louise Longstreet, now II years old, was
born In Flint, Mich. General Longstreot
was born about mile from Augusta, Ga,
on the South Carolina SIDE OF the savannah
River. lie Is G5 years old, is In splendid
health and bids fair to live many years yet.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
The sheridan Rifles.

The success attending the efforts OF those
interested In the Sheridan Rifles is ex-
tremely gratifying to the promoters Of the
District militia. This company, whose Or
ganizatlon dates back but little more than q
month, has now between thirty and forty
members, and applications for membership
nre coming In every meeting. Wren forty
members are secured application will be
made for admission to the District National
Guard, The active spirit animating the
members speaks well for the future success
OF the company. An excursion TO defray
necessary expenses will probably be given
early I'm August
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
EycrY Wnmnn KnnMA Thnm.

The human body is much like good
clock or watch in Its movements; II one goes
too slow or too fast, so follow all the Others,
and bad time results; II one organ or set OF
organs works imperfectly, perversien of
functional effort OF al! the organs Is sure to
follow. Hence It is that the numerous all
menis which make woman's life miserable
are the direct issue OF the abnormal action
of the uterine system. For all that uumer-
Gus class OF symptoms-and every woman
knows them-there is one unfuiling remedy,
DIR. Pierce's "Favorte Prescription" )" the IA
vOrite Of the sex.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
(srently Excited.

Not few OF the citizens OF Washington
have recently become greatly excited over
the astounding fact that several of their
friends who had been pronounced by their
physicians as incurable and beyond all
hope-sufTering with that dreaded monster
consumption-have been completely cured
by DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, the only remedy that does positively
cure all throat and lung diseases, coughs,
colds, asthma and bronchitis. Trial bottle
free at stott, Cromwell & Co.'s drug store;
large bottles 81.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
A wonderful Inyent,on.

~ see," said Mrs. shuttle, "that Edison
has invented method OF whistlIng under
water. should like to know what good
that's going to do"
"Ah, you women don't understand these
things" replied Job, "whistlng under
water can be made of the greatest use.n
"IIow, should like to know ~
swell, you see when man can whistle
under water, he-that Is, he can-why, he
ran let folks know when he Ia drowning,
don't you see "-[ Hartford Post.
The Washington critic., 1887-08-02
sale Of suburban Property Mt
BrightwOOd, ID. q.

Attention is called to the sale Of five
acres of land at Brightwood, d. c., on Fri
day next, at auction, under decree OF court.
This property is improved by frame dwell
ing-house and affords very good oppor-
tunIty for investment. Full particulars Of
sale are given In the advertisement Of
chaplin Brown and F. II. Mackey, trustees,
In the Erening Star.